https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=385524
Bug ID: 385524
Summary: Meaning of "Recreate existing file system" is unclear
Product: partitionmanager
Version: unspecified
Platform: Fedora RPMs
OS: All
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: andr...@stikonas.eu
Reporter: zi...@kayari.org
Target Milestone: ---
I'm using kde-partitionmanager-3.1.2-1.fc26.x86_64 but I can't choose 3.1 in
the Version field of this Bugzilla.
The label isn't really clear about exactly what the checkbox does, and
"recreate" doesn't necessarily mean "reformat". This has confused at least one
person before (see Bug 249818 which comes up in a web search for the label
text).
It is possible to interpret "recreate existing file system" to mean the
existing data is somehow preserved, which is definitely wrong.
The '?' help button in the window decorations doesn't have any info on the
checkbox. The handbook isn't very illuminating either (although does at least
say it destroys all existing data).
Would it be possible to improve the handbook, and add a help button entry?
It should make it clear that it formats the filesystem (N.B. it's "filesystem"
not "file system") i.e. creates a new filesystem of the same type, which
destroys existing data. If this is just done using mkfs.* then it might even be
useful to say something like "this is typically done using a mkfs command".
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